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Third Medicine Seller!

乾 - HEAVEN

"Please."

(quick pen sketch, scan under the cut)

Look at them, the cutest family in the world 💛

The girls 💛

Qifrey and Ginko have (surprisingly) a lot in common.

They have both lost an eye (which they hide behind their white hair) and have no memory of their childhood due to some kind of "curse" (the Mushi for Ginko, the Silverwood seed for Qifrey).

I just hope that, someday, Qifrey will finally live peacefully like Ginko does, free from the curse that was inflicted upon him and finally being able to truly appreciate the life he built and the people he loves.

Witch Hat Atelier is definitely A LOT more popular, but go read/watch Mushishi if you want to experience something really peaceful and poetic with beautiful landscapes to look at (and also a lot of moral dilemmas).

I was listening to the Witch Hat Atelier ending song (Nakamura Hak - Tada Utsukushii Noroi) and I realized

The song could be written from Qifrey's perspective

(English translation from "Anime Song Lyrics")

If this beloved curse

Were to strip everything away in an instant

Not even for a second, not for all eternity

I never want to see despair seeping into your eyes

If only this maddening curse

Could make you let go of everything and simply be happy,

Even the happiness I never touched

I would be able to embrace it - if only...

If even this warm and cozy world

Can be so easily destroyed by my own hands,

All I wanted in this precious world

Was to laugh gently, over and over, with you

Even with my heart frozen numb since that day,

I won't give up - not ever again

Not even for a second, not for all eternity

I don't want to see despair - or anything like despair

Seeping into your eyes once again, I don't want to see it

Wanting to laugh genuinely with his loved ones, when he never even had the chance to feel truly at peace.

The longing for happiness, knowing that he would never be able to grasp it.